Special time: SEC live chat with Doug Segrest on Thursday

South Carolina's Roman Galloway, center, and Alabama's Senario Hillman scramble for a loose ball in the Tide's March 3 win in Columbia. Both teams will be scrambling for an SEC tournament win on Thursday. (The Associated Press)

Alabama and South Carolina get the opening round of the Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament under way in Nashville on Thursday at noon. Join Birmingham News sports reporter Doug Segrest for a live chat at a special time Thursday -- 10 a.m. -- to talk SEC sports.

Can Alabama make a run in the tournament? What about Auburn? Will Kentucky care? Can the SEC West teams finally beat one of the top teams from the East?

Bring your questions here Thursday at 10 a.m. and see what Doug has to say.